§171-47  Residence lots; improvementdistricts.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the boardof land and natural resources is authorized, in like manner and subject to thesame conditions, including the imposition of liens and the payment of costs, asany subdivider of private lands, to petition for the construction of necessarysubdivision improvements pursuant to applicable improvement district statutesor ordinances of any county or city and county in subdividing public lands forresidential purposes.  The board shall dispose of the residential lots soimproved subject to liens consisting of the improvement assessments.  For thepurpose of this section the board is authorized to encumber and impose liens onpublic lands. [L 1965, c 239, §24; Supp, §103A-44.5; HRS §171-47]